I do play and lynch by gut, but I really don't have a choice. My game has to rely on and does rely on 99% real-time interactions, keeping up with the game on my phone 247 (doesn't mean I'm posting, but I keep up). I try to be logical in describing why my gut feels what it feels through real-time, but digging up enough facts/explanations to be convincing - can't do that well and that won't change. See earlier when I replaced in, where I never quite grasped everything going on in the first 10 pages that I missed. I have gut feelings, and I let the game seep in as I check my games briefly - let the subconscious do some work too. You may see teeny little spurts where it seems I can do more than that, but I can be no more than a flash in the pan. I don't actually "read" material thoroughly - maybe many years ago this would have been possible, but certainly not now.
I have hit a plateau in skill level here, for the most part a semi-VI, non-threatening player, as I will never be "reading" and "putting pieces together for a whole game." All superficial skimming, and I think about my games a lot. Only thing left is maintaining my composure better, emulating my towngame better as scum so as to be a challenge to hunt down, applying tips and advice where possible, and last of all never enough experience experience experience. Putting together cases, if done, will be very brief and likely not convincing. It is what it is <3
But in terms of effectively going through games and looking into anything more than the peripheral, not gonna happen. I've never really explained this anywhere before, but this can be a reference so I don't ever type this again anywhere here.
If anyone made it to here and your name isn't Matt, don't you dare go "self-metaing, huh? that's pathetic!" It happens!
Love, Bert
